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WOODEN BOTTLE WRAPPEB.. No. 272,910. Patent-ed Feb.27, 1883.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SHELLENBERGER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOCHARLES P. JACOBS, OF SAME PLACE.

WOODEN BOTTLE-WRA'PPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,910, dated February27, 1883.

Application filed December 26, 1882. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SHELLENBERGER, of Indianapolis, Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Wrappers, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawl ings, in which like letters represent like parts.

My invention belongs to that class of bottlewrappers which are made ofthin sheets of wood, and is intended to provide by its peculiar form ofconstruction for theelevating of a portion of its surface into ridgeswhich shall form 'a projecting and yielding surface for keeping thewrappedbottles apart, and doing away with the necessity of usingcompressible or elastic bands or cords for such purpose.

My invention is an improvement upon rthe wooden bottle-wrapper describedin Letters Patent granted to me January 4,1881, and n u m bered'236,186.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a strip of wood or veneer stampedand cut, the edges nntrimmed, in which there are three series ofridges-one, A, extending from the top ofthe wrapper some distancedownward; another, B, separated by a short space of unridged wood fromit, and a third, C, near the bottom ofthe wrapper. The cross-cuts at theend of the ridges are indicated by K in each figure. The side cut isindicated by K. Fig. 2 represents a piece of wood or veneer stamped andout, the edges untrimmed, in which there are two series of ridgesseparated by one unridged Fig. 3 is a cross-section along the line S S,Fig. 2, showing how the sides are cut, and the'ridges formed by turningout the strip, and is on a scale of twice the size ofthe other figures.

My wrapper may be made on any suitable machine. 'The strip of wood orribbon being fed into it, so that the stamping-block, provided with setsof cutting-blades, will cut through the wood at right angles to thegrain, as at K, and at the same time make the longitudinal cut K. Theout K and at least one of the cuts K that is at one end of the ridgeshould be cut clear through. Indeed,'1 prefer to cut the cross-cuts ateach end clear through the wood, as the strip which forms the\ridge,being thus cnt free from the body-sheet of the wood at both ends and oneside, leaving the other side attached to the body of the wrapper, may bereadily turned out from the body of the wrapper at any desired angle,forming a number of strips or ridges at an angle from 5 the bottle whencovered with the wrapper. These strips thus turned out have sufticie'nt'elasticity or spring to resist 'any ordinary concussion in shipment.

This application is not made to cover any E claims allowed in my LettersPatent No. 236,186, but as an improvement, the wrapper herein describedhaving both ends Vand one side of the radiating strips cut from the bodyof the sheet, as hereinbefore described, and 6 having spaces left in thebody-sheet of the wrapper between the series of ridges.

The wrapper shown in Fig. 2 is especially adapted to be used on squarebottles or small round bottles where the wrapper is not com- 7 pressedaround the neck ofthe vessel.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the following:

l. As an article of manufacture, a bottlewrapper made of a thin sheet ofwood in which 7 projectingridges are formed at the upper end and in oneor more places in the body of the wrapper with spaces of wood betweenwhich are not thus ridged, the wood at one or both ends oi' suchprojecting ridges being cut 8 through snbstant-.tlly at right angles tothe line of the ridge and at one side, allowing the ridge-strips to beturned out readily to form a projecting and yielding surface,substantially as and for the purposes described. 84

2. A wooden bottle-wrapper having projecting ridges formed thereon whichare cut free from the body-sheet at both ends` and at one side,substantially as described.

3. A wooden bottle-wrapper having parts 9i or strips cut out of thebody, so as to be free from the wrapper-sheet at both ends and on oneside of the strip, leaving the other side attached to the body of thcwrapper, the strips heilig turned out from the body of the wrap- 9i perat any desired angle to form a series of elastic and coinpressiblcridges all round the bottle, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

1n witness whereof Ihavehereto set my-hand, xc at Indianapolis, Indiana,this 20th day of December, 1882.

. JOHN SHELLENBERGER. Witnesses: v

C. P. JACOBS, J. J. WHEAT.

